Australian Open Day One at Melbourne Park: Andy Murray farewells Australian Open

It's been a memorable day of action at Melbourne Park, capped off by an emphatic victory by World No. Federer struggled early in the match, going down an early break. But as champions do, he rallied back to take the first set to a tiebreaker, which he took to 1 point. From there it was one-way traffic, with Federer breaking Berdych early in the next two sets to take a comfortable victory, finally reaching peak form as he finished the big Czech off in the last set. That means the 5-time Australian Open champion will face up-and-coming Korean star Hyeon Chung, who won against fellow unseeded player Tennys Sandgren. Chung was ferocious for three sets and the American had no answers. Despite a dip in form towards the middle of the match, Chung rallied back to set up a mouthwatering clash against the time grand slam champion.

Andy Murray was running on emotion as he pushed it to five-sets. Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki begin their campaigns with relative ease but Andy Murray bowed out in a show-stopper on day one. Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki successfully opened their Australian Open title defences Monday before Andy Murray took to the court for his farewell match at Melbourne Park — and potentially his last ever. There was a heavy local flavour to Day One as James Duckworth took on Rafael Nadal only to fall in straight sets, while there was better luck for winners Alex de Minaur and Jordan Thompson. Britain's Andy Murray played through complete exhaustion.

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Please refresh the page and retry. T he Flashback Slam got the finish it deserved. Federer was equally carried away by this unexpected , , , , triumph — the late-career Slam he has been seeking since his last Wimbledon title in Normally so poised and commanding, he looked shocked when the victory was confirmed, and even slightly goofy. A schoolboy again, waving to his family in the stands. Then he fell to one knee, and the tears broke through. I n , Federer was crying tears of joy.

Federer recorded five aces in the set and won 12 of 15 first-serve points, while getting two break points. Nadal went on the offensive in the fourth set, converting 22 of his 29 serve points and putting Federer in position to commit 13 unforced errors to take a lead in the set. Nadal kept Federer without an opportunity for a break point throughout the set and finished the set off to force a fifth set. Though Federer took the third set , the games were hard-fought, with three of the games reaching deuce. Nadal played to his strength in the second set, putting Federer in a defensive position with furious rallies. That unsettled Federer and caused him to make 15 unforced errors in the second set.